Do CD-R's sound the same as originals

Madisonears to say that it doesn't matter if it's burned, stamped, gold or silver implies to me that you have either never tried to resolve the diffrences or don't have a resolving system. I have tried all sorts of angles and they all make diffrent sounding CDR recordings, especially CDR brands. The digital cable, the source player, even the shelf material that the CDR recorder is placed on contributes to the sound of a CDR. I bet a lot of guys who say that a copy is a copy period are just echoing what they read or heard someone else say, not from actually comparing the copy to the original on their own systems. To me music and science are two different things.

Ryan, thanks for shedding some more light on this! I am still comparing that CD-R you lent me, besides making lots of my own.

Carl, thanks for the charming compliments. Hearing as well as a dog must truly be a curse. Barking like one, even more so. I guess there are differences to those who can hear them. To others, probably most humans, there are not significant enough differences to bother with. Those who obsess over the tiniest of variations after extensive and excruciatingly close observation are neurotics who cannot grasp the importance of music over mechanics. Sometimes I want to just chuck the whole business and buy an AIWA rack system at Sears so I can just listen to the music.

You ought to do that. Actually, even my brother who isn't an audiophile heard the difference immediately. And this wasn't some half ass copy either, this one was made by a Tascam CDRW5000 with a Meridian 506.24 as the transport. I am not seeking to put machinery before music...NEVER HAVE, NEVER WILL. And thank YOU for THAT kind compliment, along with the continuing judgemental attitude. If you have such a problem with all of this, you ought to refrain from commenting in this thread, since you can't control your emotions, and aren't bringing anything even remotely objective to the table.

The epitome of arrogance, dear carl, is using the word without knowing how to spell it. I am not afraid to admit my human frailty. When it comes to music, if you really listen to IT and not the metal or wooden box it comes out of, it is, indeed, very hard to control one's emotions. Maybe I'm wrong about the sound of CDR's, but I sure like the music I can put on them. Maybe my system just "isn't resolving enough" (what a condescending load of garbage), or my hearing doesn't extend into the supersonic range. And who said these comments needed to be objective? What I believe, not what I omnisciently claim to be fact, is that there is so little difference between original and copy that, without direct comparison, most people will detect none. So copy away, fellow music lovers, but please don't pirate them. As much as we generally despise the record companies, they're there because they can make money doing it. If they can't make money by selling CD's, there goes the music biz.